Alexander Archipelago National Forest

Alexander Archipelago National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska on 20 August 1902 by presidential order (vol. 32, stat. 2025) comprising 4,506,240 acres (18,236.1 km²). On 1 July 1908 the entire forest was combined with Tongass National Forest (executive order 908) and the name was discontinued.^[1]

References

^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United StatesPDF (341 KB), The Forest History Society

External links

Forest History Society
Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.